Ruby Lu, brave and true

Title:

Author:

Look, Lenore.

Added Author:

Wilsdorf, Anne,

Personal Author:

Look, Lenore.

ISBN:

9780689849077

Publication Information:

New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2004.

Physical Description:

105 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

General Note:

"An Anne Schwartz Book."

Abstract:

"Almost-eight-year-old" Ruby Lu spends time with her baby brother, goes to Chinese school, performs magic tricks and learns to drive, and has adventures with both old and new friends.

Subject Term:

Chinese Americans -- Juvenile fiction.

Chinese Americans -- Fiction.

Neighborhood -- Fiction.

Friendship -- Fiction.

Family life -- Fiction.

Schools -- Fiction.

Summary:

"Almost-eight-year-old" Ruby Lu spends time with her baby brother, goes to Chinese school, performs magic tricks and learns to drive, and has adventures with both old and new friends.

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Most days the best thing about being Ruby is everything . Like when she's the star of her own backyard magic show. Or when she gives a talk at the school safety assembly on the benefits of reflective tape. Or when she rides the No. 3 bus all the way to Chinatown to visit GungGung and PohPoh.
And then there are the days when it's very hard to be Ruby. Like when her mom suggests Chinese school on Saturdays . Or when her little brother, Oscar, spills all of Ruby's best magician secrets. Or when her parents don't think she's old enough to drive!
Come along with Ruby Lu in her chapter-book debut -- which even includes a flip book of a magic trick -- and share the good and the not-so-good days with an (almost) eight-year-old Asian-American kid.

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Horn Book Review

Seven-year-old Ruby Lu practices her magic tricks, attends Chinese school on Saturdays, and prepares for the arrival of relatives newly emigrating from China. Ruby is a spunky child+and Wilsdorf's angular sketches are as full of life as Ruby herself. The text is more difficult than the format suggests because the language is peppered with Chinese words and poetic expressions. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.

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